Podcast appearances and mentions of gordon ball

As the long weekend approaches is always worth being reminded to drive safely. Municipalities are working with the OPP to make the roads safer for when traffic surges again. We'll hear how Oro-Medonte is getting involved from councillor Shawn Scott; Ford has just unveiled its new F150 Lightning electric truck. Mark Richardson, automotive journalist for The Globe and Mail looks at how the manufacturing and marketing of electric vehicles is proceeding; We hear from two councillors from Barrie Mike McCann and Keenan Aylwin about their request that the province immediately lift restrictions on many outdoor activities; Chris MacQuarrie, a research scientist at the Great Lakes Forestry Centre in Sault Ste. Marie talks about the booming population of gypsy moths; Quebec wants to rewrite certain sections of the Constitution unilaterally and the Prime Minister says they can. We get analysis from Dan Horner of Ryerson University, an expert on Quebec history and politics; Family doctor Peter Lin discusses when we could likely stop wearing masks to protect ourselves from the coronavirus; Ian Dunn of the Ontario Forest Industries Association explains why the cost of lumber is soaring; Sustainable Orillia wants to publicize the small efforts that are leading to big change in the community with a new campaign called "Hummingbird Heroes". We find out more from Gordon Ball of Sustainable Orillia.

’66 Frames – Gordon Ball – Coffee House Press – 9781566890823 – paperback – 320 pages – $15.95 Allen Ginsberg, who helped Ball with some of the research for his book, once remarked on Ball’s vantage point: From city and country communes, underground and avant garde film and photography, Gordon Ball has been marvelously placed as […]

East Hill Farm: Seasons with Allen Ginsberg – Gordon Ball – Counterpoint Press – 416 pages – paperback – 9781619020177 – $18.95 – December 11, 2012 – ebook edition available at lower prices It’s been a great pleasure for me to be able to interview  writer friends and editors about their work for the Writerscast […]

Yoko Ono is best known for her marriage to John Lennon and was vilified by the press in the 1960s for her perceived role in the breakup of the Beatles. Kevin Concannon, an expert on Ono’s work, notes she was an accomplished and innovative artist long before she met Lennon. Plus: A new novel by Fred D’Aguiar tells the story of a mother and daughter caught up in the tragic Jonestown mass suicide of 1978. Later in the show: Americans have been getting their kicks from Route 66 since John Steinbeck labeled it “The Mother Road” in The Grapes of Wrath. Michael Lund is fascinated by the nostalgic small town life found along “America’s Main Street.” Lund is the author of a series of Route 66 novels. And: Jack Kerouac wrote about his travels along Route 66 in On the Road, the novel that made him a literary success. Gordon Ball says Kerouac’s novel about the Beat Generation is as relevant today as it was in the 1950s.

What are the biggest challenges facing American society today? And how can we solve them? Bro Adams, the new chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, says that science and technology can’t solve those challenges—but the humanities can. Plus: Most of us know the history of the battle at Gettysburg, but Jennifer Murray tells the story of what happened to the battlefield after the fighting stopped. Later in the show: The author of a book about Herbert Huncke says his unrepentant deviance caught the imagination of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs. Hilary Holladay writes that Huncke (rhymes with “junky”) often said, “I’m beat, man.” His line gave Kerouac the label for a generation seeking spiritual sustenance and “kicks” in post-war America. Also featured: During the late 1960s, poet Allen Ginsberg bought a farm in New York to serve as “a haven for comrades in distress.” Gordon Ball, who was the farm manager, has written a book about his experience, East Hill Farm: Seasons with Allen Ginsberg.